-Tonight, we saw a legitimately terrifying episode --
like real horror movie kind of "Walking Dead" episode,
directed beautifully by none other than
Greg Nicotero himself.
We finally found out what happened to Connie.
And we saw that Connie and Virgil created
a fast and unbreakable bond after meeting on the road.
And then not only did Connie make it out of the cave
full of walkers,
but she also showed true resilience and courage
by surviving these like feral humans
that were attacking everyone.
Now, on top of everything else,
we have to worry about feral people in the walls.
That's a thing?!
But everything ended on a high note
because Connie finally reunited with her sister, Kelly.
So can we forgive Virgil for all that happened with Michonne?
'Cause now he's been so super nice to Connie.
And how much longer can Daryl keep up the charade
of working with the Reapers?
And did Maggie's friend Frost
give up Daryl's true identity to Pope?
It seemed a little weird at the end of that episode.
On tonight's show, we have interviews with the cast,
the writer of tonight's episode, and Greg Nicotero.
Plus, we have an exclusive sneak peek
of next week's episode of "The Walking Dead"
and season 2 premiere of "World Beyond."
So that's two exclusive sneak peeks.
My guests -- friend and super fan
Yvette Nicole Brown is here.
Joining us live from Atlanta, Connie herself,
Lauren Ridloff is joining us.
I am Chris Hardwick, and this is "Talking Dead" Live.
[Cheers and applause]
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Please say hello to my guests, Yvette Nicole Brown,
and Lauren Ridloff is here.
Also joining us tonight off camera
is Lauren's interpreter Ramon Norrod,
who we can't see, but is with Lauren in Atlanta.
So thank you both so much for being here.
Let's talk --
Oh, we're so glad
Connie is back! -Yes.
Some reactions from -- for Connie's return.
This is from Alisky03 on Twitter.
"Happy to see Connie again.
I just want to give her a hug because this is so scary."
Ethan Corby on Twitter says, "At this rate,"
I'm going to be in 'Talking Dead's' In Memoriam.
This episode is terrifying."
And then Becca Lase on Twitter says,
"I was not ready for Connie and Virgil's
Little House of Horrors."
SuperSpider2001 --
"Lauren Ridloff is a hero
both in Marvel and "The Walking Dead."
Connie's a literal hero.
And she rules. What a badass."
So I guess this is --
Let's just start with the first question
MichonneConnie on Twitter, says, "Lauren,
what was your reaction to finding out
that your entire entrance back to the show would have
the vibe of kind of a mini horror movie?"
-Well, I have to say it's so funny
because I actually had no idea about the episode
of what was going to happen to Connie
until probably about a week
before we actually started shooting.
I got a text from Greg, who, you know,
he's like, "I can't wait. This is gonna be great.
There's some exciting things happening with the ferals,
and I'm like, "Wait, wait, wait, wait.
-Who are the ferals. -Like, Will Ferrell?
Will Ferrell's here?
-Right, exactly. Who is it? That's a good one.
But I was worried about, you know, Virgil,
and then I have to worry about the ferals.
And so it wasn't until I actually got the script
and I was reading through it that it actually is horrifying.
My heart was beating it while I was reading the script.
-Yeah, this whole, like, feral people in the walls thing
was such a great --
and it really -- it really felt
like a little mini haunted house.
-Yeah. -But what were --
What were your thoughts? -Well, my first thought was,
it was very dirty in there.
I don't know what was smeared
on the inside of the medicine cabinet.
It looked like -- It was something brown.
-Did not smell good. -Look, at Lauren said it smells.
That house was disgusting.
So that was my first thought,
was like, "They need to tidy up."
Whoever lived there needed to tidy up a little bit."
-I feel like tidying up was not their main --
-Maybe not important, but that's what I thought.
-But that's what they -- It would've been nice
if they had just picked up a little.
You know, if you want to eat people
just pick up the skeletons a little bit, you know?
Put them outside in a trash can.
-Exactly -This is "Instagran" talking.
"Cleaned up your skeleton." -"Looks a mess in here."
-"For crap's sake, you're a grown up."
Lauren -- Lauren, can you talk about
what it was like filming the scenes
where Connie is being chased through the house?
-Oh, I have to say...
Well, I think when I was reading through the script,
I noticed that they had Connie just walking down the hall,
and I was like, "No, no, no, no.
There is no way that that is gonna happen in real life."
And any person who is deaf,
just wandering down the middle of the hall
without knowing what's going on behind them
is never going to happen,
so I spoke with Greg
about how I felt Connie actually had to slide down the walls.
And so you can see a lot of her, like, sliding through
and, you know, her back up against the wall.
And I think that just really made it more real
and more terrifying.
-And I think what we also --
I mean, we worked out some things
with, you know, just feeling the vibrations on the wall.
And I think if you -- if you remember the scene
where Connie actually puts her hand on the wall
just, you know,
when the Feral runs across the hall,
and that Feral is right behind her,
and that jump scare.
I mean, she just ran because she felt it in the walls.
And, you know, we timed it so well,
so I actually could feel the Feral running behind me.
Oh, it was scary. Definitely scary.
-It was really incredible, and, Yvette, I wanted to ask you
what you thought about the use of silence to immerse us
into Connie's specific POV.
-I loved it so much.
I want to take a moment to tell Lauren,
You are a ridiculously amazingly talented actress.
Your face shows everything.
You act with your entire body.
I felt you.
And what I thought -- what I wrote is that
it felt like when she was processing
what Connie was processing, it was silent.
When it was time to get into action
is when we heard the sound.
So every time it got silent,
I kind of leaned in because I'm like,
She's trying to figure something out.
I need to figure something out.
And then as soon as she figured it out
is when the music came.
And then I was like, "Oh my God,"
and then it makes your adrenaline just go...
So it was brilliant.
I don't know if that was you, Lauren,
or if that was Greg that made that decision,
but I felt it.
Every time it went silent. I leaned in
because I knew you were trying to figure out
what was happening to you.
-This is a question --
-Yeah, well, I do think Greg --
Greg actually wanted you to immerse yourself
into Connie's world just like that,
and I think, for me, the whole setup was,
you know, with the ferals
and with me not actually knowing what's going on,
it was terrifying enough already.
And there's one moment
when we actually are getting ready for,
you know, going half way through the door scene
when Virgil is actually stabbing the wall,
and it was set up and Greg said, "Okay.
So when the knife goes through the wall, act scared."
And I was like, "Funny. This was not acting.
That was a real knife coming through the wall,
like an inch from my nose.
I didn't have to act scared. That was real.
Coming up, we have interviews with the cast,
as well as the writer, also the director
of tonight's episode, Greg Nicotero,
plus exclusive sneak peeks
of season 2 premiere of "World Beyond"
and next week's episode of "The Walking Dead."
But first, before you realize you're being hunted by cannibals
wearing loincloths who are hungry,
let's slow things down
and say a final farewell
to all those we've lost tonight.
♪
We've seen, like other groups
and how depraved they could be
or how their morals have changed and things like that.
But we wonder, you know,
how far could somebody go and lose their humanity
and not just like personality humanity,
like their actual humanness.
For the ferals in this episode,
we thought of them as a family.
And this was their family house
and how after the apocalypse,
they started just becoming
more and more animalistic.
And when you start focusing on just surviving
and you kind of start to lose your sense of self,
what would happen if you take that to the nth degree?
[Cheers and applause]
Welcome back to "Talking Dead."
That was the writer of tonight's episode,
Kevin Deiboldt, on the origin of the ferals.
We're back with Yvette Nicole Brown
and Lauren Ridloff.
And honestly, it was interesting to hear that point of view
because it is like the Whisperers
to a whole other... -Yeah, level.
-Just those animalistic urges.
But just the idea that they're just a family,
and one day, you know, the kids like,
"Hey, let's just start doing this."
And they're like, "Alright, Josh is walking around on all...
And now we're in loincloths. Alright, we can do this."
TeenWolfHuman on Twitter says, "1,000% freaked out.
I don't like those things.
I don't wanna be near those things, either."
JustAmber19 says, "Mofo looks like a hairy golem.
I can't do this. We cannot have more cannibals.
We already have walkers eating us."
And then MXKA on Twitter says, "This season is so good,
but cannibals and haunted houses?
No, ma'am. No, ma'am."
-[Laughs]
-I was sort of joking about the Feral family backstory,
but what do you think it is?
-You know, I was thinking that maybe --
I don't know how long we are into the apocalypse,
10, 15 years in, right?
Maybe a little longer. -Less.
-Less? -Yeah, might be.
I feel like it's, like --
because there was, like, a six-year jump, you know?
Right, but then we've been there for five years.
-So I think we might be like seven to nine years.
-Okay. So, my thought was, maybe this was the mom
that had young kids.
And so when she had a psychotic break,
she just literally raised her kids to be feral
because I couldn't tell how old they were,
'cause they were so disgusting to look at.
So I never got in there good,
but I thought maybe it's a mom and her three kids...
-Yeah. -...eating people.
-Eating people.
-I'm gonna have some of my "Talking Dead" water.
-[Laughs]
It's not a brand you can buy.
When Yvette Nicole Brown is parched,
she reaches for a refreshing "Talking Dead" water.
-When she almost chokes on live TV,
she reaches for "Talking Dead" water.
-Made from zombie glaciers.
Lauren -- -You trying to kill me?
-Sorry, I don't -- I'm sorry.
Lauren, in 1016,
when Virgil found Connie on the road.
were you worried about her?
I feel like a lot of people were worried about her
because we didn't -- we were worried about him.
-Most definitely, yeah. Yeah, completely worried.
I think so --
You know, for episode 1016,
I was actually in London already starting to shoot.
We're getting ready for another film,
and they flew me back here
to shoot that --
the very last scene that I'm laying on the road.
And at that time,
the whole episode hadn't been written yet.
There was no-- nobody was sure
who was going to find me at that point.
They thought maybe it would be somebody
like maybe Maggie or maybe Virgil.
We don't know.
So I shot the scene,
and we shot another scene also just in case.
So really, for me, I had no idea,
and it wasn't until later that I actually found out
that it was Virgil who found me.
And I just thought,
"Oh, I'm done, I'm done.
Connie is out of here. Bye, nice knowing you."
[Laughter] -Well, how would you describe
their dynamic now, Connie and Virgil?
-Well, I think that there's a lot of trust
that developed between them.
You know, like, you know, it was kind of rocky at first,
but I think towards the end, you know,
I think they had a breakthrough, so to speak.
When, you know, Virgil literally
pulled Connie through the wall, that breakthrough occurred.
I think they literally had that breakthrough at that moment,
and they became connected.
So it was definitely a good trusting system
going on at that point.
-Well, now it's time to see what everyone thought at home.
We asked you at TWDU.com/deadlive.
Has Virgil redeemed himself
after everything that happened with Michonne?
Yes, he was willing to die in order to save Connie.
Or no, he's still got a long way to go before we can trust him.
While the votes are calculating,
Yvette, do you trust Virgil at this point?
-You know, I do, because I feel like
the fact that he found Connie and protected her --
if he was still lost
or trying to clear the way
Morgan always is trying to clear,
then he wouldn't have protected her,
he wouldn't have saved her.
And I think he was prepared
to give up his life for her because, like he said,
Michonne gave me a second chance.
-Right. -And now I need to pass
that chance on to you.
His family's gone.
She still has her family.
So I actually think that he did really redeem himself.
76% say yes.
24% still say, "I don't care.
Done with you, Virgil."
I don't care what you do.
You're not getting back into this heart."
I'm really punchy today, you know?
We went to the opening of the
Academy of Motion Pictures last night.
-Gorgeous. -My wife -- It was amazing.
And my wife and I didn't go to bed until like 11:30.
And you have to understand, during the whole pandemic,
6:00 p.m. Pajama Club.
Being out past 11:00 last night was like,
"There's stuff to do at this hour?"
-I kind of like you punchy. I've enjoyed you this evening.
-I've really enjoyed --
And it's also just, like, so exhilarating
to be back on live television.
Alright. Enough about me.
Connie and Virgil reactions.
BlairBlair1979 -- "They're a perfect duo.
I love their back and forth banter.
ZyCarrollNegan says, "I ship Connie and Virgil.
They're adorable.
MelLovesMelissa says, "Certain people:
'Daryl and Connie are so cute together.'
Virgil: 'Hold my beer.'"
[Laughter]
Lauren, do you have a thought
on the Connie and Virgil shippers?
[Laughter]
-Ugh, what?
-[Laughs] -Okay.
Where did that even come from? -It came from the Internet.
-Yvette, come on, help me. Where did this come from?
-Listen, you know me -- I can ship anything.
So I, you know --
you guys do have a lot of chemistry. Like, you guys --
But I don't know if it's brother and sister.
Or if it's loving -- I don't know what it is.
But I did enjoy the two of you together.
This is the kind of show, though, where, like,
the second two people are nice together,
they got a get together, right? -"I want them together!"
Listen, I can ship anything,
and I've been told I ship too much.
This is the first time in my life that I'm going,
I'm not going to ship the way I normally do,
but you guys were really cute together.
-This is a new Yvette Nicole Brown.
Listen, I've been through the COVID.
I'm different now. The pandemic.
Before we go to break,
you can keep the conversation going --
-Well, just don't ship me with the ferals.
That's all... -No! [Laughs] Deal.
-The ferals are done.
The ferals -- That ship sailed!
It was, like, in true horror movie fashion.
-That was a crash. It's like the Titanic.
-Release the zombies.
Release the walkers on the ferals.
And it's, you know, at that point,
I expect the ferals to stand up and go, "Oh, my God.
We've been wrong this whole time.
What have we done?" -They're so gone.
"What have we been doing?" -They are dinner.
-Ah, it's too late.
Before we go to break, you can keep the conversation going
by following FearHQ on Twitch.
They are live four days a week discussing all things horror
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Coming up, we have interviews from the set,
including with Lauren Cohan,
and an exclusive sneak peek
of next week's episode of "The Walking Dead"
and season 2 premiere of "World Beyond."
We'll be right back on "Talking Dead."
[Cheers and applause]
♪
-The thing I liked about the episode,
as I was imagining it, was,
if you're looking at any dark,
shadowed section of a room,
something could come crawling out from there.
And if you're walking by and you look up,
something could be perched there.
I love the idea that
the ferals were always watching them,
and it was almost like
they were sort of toying with them a little bit.
One of the things about the ferals,
that wasn't necessarily just prosthetic based,
but was more embracing
some sort of Cirque du Soleil performance sort of styles.
Having our performers, like, run on all fours,
see how quickly they could move
and how they could keep their shoulders up
and just have it look strange and unsettling.
The biggest challenge, of course,
was having to deal with the fact
that we didn't want them to look like zombies.
You know, they should be thin.
They should be emaciated looking.
A lot of them had long hair.
We gave them brow prosthetics
to sort of remove their eyebrows
and just make them look just a little strange.
But I was really, really proud
of all of the Feral performers
for being gung ho to kind of
crawl around on all fours
and jump off of furniture and attack zombies
and just generally give us
this great element of creepiness
that we haven't really explored in the show before.
[Cheers and applause]
Welcome back to "Talking Dead."
That was Greg Nicotero, who directed tonight's episode
on what went into the choreography
and overall aesthetic of the ferals.
We're back with Yvette and Lauren.
It's just funny. You read in your notebook, like --
What was one of the first things
you wrote when you watched the episode, Yvette.
-I wrote, "The house is spooky but somewhat tidy."
It was like the first -- the first --
when they first went in, I don't know,
what it looked like it was a well-kept house.
Boy, was I wrong? -Well, maybe they --
You don't know if they're like...
Little cleaning up and...
Just get the mirror.
What were they like up close, Lauren?
-Well, the ferals, I have to say...
Well, the very first day that we were on set,
they -- they brought in the ferals,
and I was afraid to look at them
because, you know, they were kind of naked.
You know, and I wanted to respect their privacy,
so I don't want to stare.
So it just took time to time, and I was like, no, no, no.
You know, the body makeup that they had was amazing.
I just -- You know, it was really creepy.
I mean, it's such a talented group of people.
-These -- I want to --
Just because, you know, we have a limited time
that we want to get to a lot of stuff.
We have to talk about the reunion,
the Connie and Kelly reunion.
These are some reactions.
MaggieXNegan11 on Twitter,
"Literally crying right now.
Connie and Kelly, 'Talking Dead.'"
RitasHittles -- "They're finally reunited. My Heart."
And GrimesClark on Twitter said,
"The way they had Connie and Kelly reunite was just perfect.
It was always meant for Kelly to be the first one to find her.
Man, I'm a puddle of emotions.
The slingshot sisters are back for good, y'all."
And so this --
One question that we've been getting --
This comes from Wasteland Comics on Instagram.
What did you write in your notebook, Yvette,
when Connie finally reunited with Kelly?
-Reunited, and it feels so good. -[Laughs] Nice. Nice.
-I may have even sung along.
First of all, Angel Theory. Shout out to her.
She also -- Her face just shows everything and the tears --
Like, when she saw -- when she saw Lauren,
when Kelly saw Connie, the tears were, like, immediate
and the embrace was just -- you just felt it.
You just realized that her hope
was -- was --was worth it.
Her sister -- Her sister's alive.
It was everything. -Yeah.
Angel's just so wonderful.
-Oh, my God. -Such a great job on the show.
Lauren, what was the -- what was that reunion scene
like to shoot?
-Well, I have to say it was very real.
When I first read the script,
my eyes started blowing up.
You know, and I texted Greg at that point,
and I said, "Is there any way that I could not see Angel
until we actually shoot that scene,
until we get ready?
'Cause I hadn't seen Angel
from the time I left for London during the pandemic,
and Angel is like my little sister, truly.
We're so very connected,
and we connected a few times through FaceTime,
But I just missed this girl.
So, Greg loved that idea,
and he said, "Yes, I will keep you guys apart..."
-Wow. "...until we actually shot
that scene, until that moment.
So what you actually saw was real.
That was the first time we saw each other
after such a long while. -Ahh!
-That's amazing. That's such a --
that's such a brilliant idea,
and it really was captured.
We just have to take a quick break.
When we come back, we're gonna have an interview from the set
with Lauren Cohan,
two exclusive sneak peeks of two "Walking Dead" shows.
But first, are you ready to go Inside the Dead?
Well, here's some inside info from tonight's episode
that you can't get anywhere else.
Please enjoy.
♪
-Negan sort of gives a lot of pushback
about this being a suicide mission
and this being a terrible idea.
There is the possibility that we will die,
but there's almost enough chance
and these kids are almost old enough
that if we give them sustenance just a little bit longer
that they could potentially survive,
or, you know, at least the adults that are there
and Alexandria --
that it wouldn't be the end of the world
if we died and they lived, rather than all of us going.
And I think that that's the central focus.
It's the survival of civilization
and the survival of human beings,
but also of a mindset of sacrifice.
[Cheers and applause]
Welcome back to "Talking Dead."
That was Lauren Cohan on why Maggie
is willing to risk everything to complete her mission.
We're back with Yvette and Lauren Ridloff.
Yvette, what's been your reaction
to Maggie's storyline this season?
-Maggie is very, very dark this season.
Not that there isn't a reason,
but I kind of felt like a couple of times,
like, in that first episode back,
I was like, "Is this a villain origin story?"
Like, are we about to see -- is she the next Governor?
Like, is this how it begins for her?
I understand why she's that way,
but she's dark,
and listen, Carol has killed way more people than Maggie has
and in really more horrible ways.
-From what we've seen. -Yeah, from what we've seen.
Yeah, 'cause Maggie could be on a spree.
-We don't know. -But I'm saying,
I -- I always --
Maggie felt more gangster than Carol did to me,
like, the way she was killing,
and her decision making just seemed
a little bit darker than even Carol,
and Carol's pretty dark at times.
-Lauren, what did you think of the reveal
of Maggie's group hiding under the trapdoor?
-Well, I think that was actually so interesting.
It was such an interesting parallel.
The theme of the whole show,
of the whole episode actually, is on the inside.
So, I think it was really nice parallel
to see Maggie's group hiding under the floorboards
and looking up from inside.
And also compared to Connie
looking through and peering through the windows
from inside the walls.
And the same thing with Daryl,
who is hiding within himself, you know, playing.
He's pretending to be somebody else,
you know, torturing Frost.
-That was a really genius way to put that.
He is hiding within himself. -Yep.
-And that whole, like --
The scene with Frost, where's it's --
I didn't -- I thought Frost
was going to give up some information
before Daryl cut off the finger, and it's like,
"Oh, I guess they have to make this choice of,
"Well, I'm going to have to go to an extreme
to protect both of us from dying."
But what was your reaction, Lauren,
to seeing Daryl cut off Frost's fingers?
-Well, I was thinking, "Wow --
I mean, Norman, I think,
you know, is pretty much a method actor.
I mean, he gets into character,
and now I'm watching Daryl
being a method actor also.
So getting in, like, literally went all the way.
I mean, it was mind blowing, meta.
-Were you worried, Yvette, that it feels like
Frost maybe gave something up on Daryl.
-Absolutely. I'm very nervous.
I didn't like how Pope
looked at Daryl when they came back.
I didn't like how he put the arm around Carver,
and they're just walking in, and he's whispering in his ear.
I'm very nervous for next week. I don't know what --
And you could see it on Daryl face, too.
Daryl is not sure
whether he said something or not, either.
Like, this is scary for me. -Yeah.
So earlier -- Oh, actually, we did --
By the way, we did do a poll earlier.
Did Frost give up Daryl before Pope killed him?
60% said no.
40% said yes.
So pretty close to 50-50.
I feel like he might have given up something.
This is for Lauren.
MeadowRose35 on Instagram.
"How does she feel about Carol
after being trapped in the cave?"
A lot of people want to know this.
-Yes.
-Well, I don't think Connie
actually holds any anger or resentment towards Carol.
I mean, because remember the scene that Carol
was experiencing claustrophobia in the cave.
I think that now Connie actually understands Carol
even more than ever.
-That makes a lot of sense.
Do you think, Yvette, does Carol need to apologize
for almost getting Connie killed.
-Absolutely. -You think so?
-Absolutely. What I love --
What I love that Angela and the creators of the show did,
they let --
Kelly forgave Carol early,
which allowed the viewers to forgive Carol early.
And also, Carol has never forgiven herself,
which I think also helps.
And now that Connie's back,
we all can just breathe a sigh of relief.
But I do think the first thing Carol says
to her should be, I'm sorry.
-You think so? -Oh, absolutely.
-Let's take some viewer questions.
This is from ElizabethSlingX on Twitter --
Oh, and this is a question about "The Eternals,"
And by the way, congratulations, Lauren.
Oh, my gosh. -Thank you. Thank you.
-God, that's so cool. -It's so cool.
-Yeah, I always think that Marvel has
an eye on "The Walking Dead" cast.
-Absolutely.
The best actors in Hollywood are on "The Walking Dead."
So this --
So Elizabeth wanted to know
just the differences between your "Walking Dead" character
and your "Eternals" character or similarities.
-Well, I think the first thing that comes to mind
is that they're both kind of, you know --
They're kind of, like, Dom from "Fast and the Furious."
They're big on family. -Uh-huh.
So...
So, I guess I could say that.
-I mean, how do you feel --
Like, this is a silly question, but, you know,
this huge movie's gonna come out, and you're in it.
I mean, how do you feel?
How can you encapsulate that?
-Well, I think I'm still processing the fact
that I'm actually, you know, on "The Walking Dead" in itself.
Honey, you're getting ahead of yourself now.
Chill out a little bit. [Laughter]
I was on one of the biggest TV shows.
And now I'm on one of the biggest movies.
But we are so excited for you.
I cannot wait to see this movie, Lauren.
Before we go to break, I want to show you this.
This is "The Art of The Walking Dead Universe" book,
featuring amazing artwork from all "The Walking Dead" shows
over the past 11 years.
If you go to TWDUShop.com,
you can get yourself one.
And, of course, everyone in the studio audience
is going to get them.
[Cheers and applause]
We're gonna give them to you later,
because I feel like it would be not safe
if I just started throwing them into the audience.
They're quite heavy.
Coming up, we have exclusive sneak peeks
of both next week's episode of "The Walking Dead"
and season 2 premiere of "World Beyond."
But first, here's writer Kevin Deiboldt again
on Daryl's interrogation of Frost.
Check it out.
-The scene where Daryl torture's Frost
was a challenging one
to kind of navigate in the beginning
and figure out exactly...
how Daryl handles the situation,
It plays with the classic tropes
of when you're going undercover somewhere
and having to prove yourself,
and you have this person in Frost
where they have a connection.
But they both kind of understand what the score is.
And so we needed Daryl
to communicate to Frost
without tipping off the other people in the room.
And so he needs to get Frost
to understand what he's going for,
because Daryl's goals are twofold.
One, he wants to keep Frost alive,
and two, he wants to keep Maggie alive.
And so it's a tightrope
that Daryl has to walk,
and hopefully, it works out.
And if it costs Frost his finger,
then hopefully that's a price
that is worth it.
Unfortunately, when Daryl comes back,
it's not quite the same.
Daryl and Leah are on the outside,
and Frost is dead,
and nobody really knows where they stand.
♪
-Hi. My name is Sarah,
and I love "The Walking Dead."
I love the deep,
intricate relationships
between the characters
and how you actually get to know them,
and you end up having connections with them.
One of the most profound things
that has ever happened to me in my life,
and my family's
happened in Senoia, Georgia,
because of "The Walking Dead."
So, my mom and I hopped on a flight to Senoia, Georgia,
to see the real Woodbury and to see where
"The Walking Dead" cast had filmed.
Spent the weekend there,
and we were driving around,
and my mom grabbed my arm and screamed,
and she was like, "Sarah, I just saw this dog.
This skinny dog, I just saw him.
He was running by the road."
We waited there for about two hours
for the rescuers to get there,
and once we knew that he was in good hands
and he was going to get the care he needed,
we come back to Florida.
Two weeks go by, and and for some reason,
I cannot get this dog out of my mind.
My mom and I reached out to the shelter,
and it turns out that he was still there.
My mom drove to Georgia overnight,
and we adopted her,
and he has been a huge part of our family,
and it's all because of "The Walking Dead."
[Cheers and applause]
That face!
Oh, that puppy face. You just wanna...
-Oh, gosh. -Oh, he was so sweet.
That was this week's Featured Fan, Sarah Priem,
on what "The Walking Dead" means to her.
If you would like a chance
to be featured on "Talking Dead" like Sarah,
send us the 30 second video of herself explaining
how "The Walking Dead" has impacted you
at fansubmission@talkingdead.tv.
And now Sarah's gonna ask a question via video.
So let's roll it.
-My question is for Lauren.
Do you think Connie will finally be able to get some sleep?
Or do you think she'll still
have nightmares that keep her awake?
-[Chuckles] Yeah.
-That is a very good question.
I think that Connie will finally get some sleep
just because she is so exhausted
and, you know, she's safe.
She's with her sister again.
But I don't think that Connie
is completely over that experience.
I think she definitely needs to process it
with some more people from the community.
-Well, now we want to see what everyone thought at home.
We asked you at TWDU.com/deadlive,
Do you think Daryl really wants another chance with Leah?
-Ugh. -Yeah [Laughs]
Well, I know what you think.
Daryl cars too much about Leah to lie to her,
Or no, Daryl will say whatever he needs to
in order to keep his family safe.
While the polls are calculating,
Yvette... -[Laughs]
...would you like to expound on your ugh?
-Listen, I-I don't -- I don't like it.
-You don't like it? -No, I-I don't like.
I love the actors. I'm always someone that can
separate the character from the actor.
I think she's a wonderful actor, beautiful lady.
I just don't like her with Daryl,
and I don't like her behavior lately.
I don't like how she's behaving.
You got to post that on Instagran.
"I don't like the way --
-"I don't like -- Listen.
That young lady --" -"That lady you're going
around with..." -"I don't like her."
-"I'm not a fan." Yeah, I don't --"
Yeah, yeah. Well, this kind of --
This kind of blends into a question
that we got on social media.
74% say no, by the way.
BeMonty7287 on Instagram.
"Do you think Leah, Yvette, would kill Daryl
if she was ordered to do so? -Absolutely, she would.
And this is the thing -- the reason I don't think
he wants another chance with her,
time has passed,
and he now sees who she is. -Right?
-If he had found her again and she was the same woman,
I think that he would be all in because he loved her.
-So now he's just blending in.
He's hiding within himself, as Lauren said.
-Like Lauren said, he's hiding within himself.
-Lauren, what is the significance
of Connie closing her eyes before opening the front door?
-Oh!
-Well, I think she's blocking out
all of the remaining stimulus
from what's been happening in front of her.
I mean, we're talking about a woman
who just survived the cave
and weeks without --
weeks and weeks with the walkers,
and then you have the ferals added in.
You know, and she's just now coming to terms
with what's literally in front of her --
the walkers and the ferals.
And, you know, what do you do?
You just close your eyes
into some kind of catharsis for it.
-Yvette, what was your reaction
to Connie not leaving Virgil behind?
-Oh, I thought it was the most beautiful thing.
I think that in Connie,
we have one of the great characters
of "Walking Dead" history
because her heart is like Glenn.
She literally loves at a level that most people have lost
the ability to in this apocalypse.
And the fact that she told Virgil,
who has been stabbed three times in the back --
He is probably not long for this world.
-Possibly. -And she's a tiny woman.
I don't know how she gonna carry that dead weight.
But she decided, "I'm not leaving you."
And the fact that she covered herself in viscera
and closed her eyes so she could tune out everything
but keeping him safe, I can't.
I just -- I just think that she's gonna do
whatever she can to save him as long as she can.
Well, before we go to break,
I want to remind you to go to AMCPlus.com.
You can sign up for a free seven-day trial offer
to watch episodes of "Walking Dead"
a full week early.
Coming up, sneak peek of next week's episode
of "The Walking Dead."
But first, here's an exclusive look
at next week's season 2 premiere
of "The Walking Dead: World Beyond."
Check it out!
[Walkers growling]
♪
[Door creaks]
♪
[Growling continues]
♪
-[Screams]
♪
[Cheers and applause]
-Welcome back to "Talking Dead."
You know, we were talking about Virgil before the break,
and I just want to give a shout out
to Kevin Carroll who plays Virgil
and give him a big hand.
Really, really beautiful job.
Now it is time for our exclusive sneak peek
of next week's episode of "The Walking Dead."
Check it out!
[Man muttering]
[Muttering continues]
♪
Tell me, Father...
♪
...you have guided me through the darkest of times.
♪
I treasure our conversation
and the guidance you have given me.
Is there anything I should know?
♪
[Cheers and applause]
Oh, my God. Alright.
Look, I've not seen ahead.
I don't know what happens,
but I hope Father Gabriel steps out
and goes, [Australian accent] "No, that's not a knife
This is a knife."
What are you -- What were your thoughts?
-First of all, people at home,
I watched that like a Black person in the movie.
I was talking back to the screen.
That's the first thing.
The second...
that's another villain origin story right there.
I don't know what's happening with Father Gabriel,
and he didn't start great.
Like, he was hoarding canned goods in the beginning,
and locking people outside of churches.
But I feel like now
he might be really spiraling
to a place that is very bad.
-It's very possible.
I guess we'll just have to watch and find out.
Lauren, what can we expect from Connie now that she's back?
-Well, I guess you're just gonna
have to stay around and find out.
-Oh, come on!
-Hey! -I know.
It's all -- I don't know why I ask these questions.
It's like I always feel like,
you know, I know it's not an answer --
These aren't answerable questions,
but it might just be able to get a little piece
of something that we can do.
What are your hopes for the first part --
how the first part of season 1 wraps up?
We have three parts of season 11.
What are your hopes?
-I hope that Maggie finds her way.
I hope she finds the healing that she needs
to not go down a dark path.
And I want them to find some food.
Everybody's very hungry.
So I want them to find some food.
And I want Connie to have the reunion with everyone
that she -- that she deserves because she was in a cave,
and then the people tried to eat her.
I need her to be okay, too.
I need everybody to just be okay.
-So, we have, like, maybe 10 or 15 seconds.
Are there a couple of words, Lauren,
for what you're excited for fans to see in the next few episodes.
-Um, well, you're just gonna have to stay around.
-Damn! -Hey!
-I thought I could reframe the question and get something.
You are good, Lauren Ridloff. You are good.
I want to thank everyone --
And thank you so much for being here, Lauren, from Atlanta.
I know it's a lot later there than it is here.
-Well, thank you for having me here.
-It's really wonderful to see you.
I'm so excited for your movie.
And my guests have been
Yvette Nicole Brown and Lauren Ridloff.
It's great to see you in person, too.
-It's so good to see you.
-And also, thanks to Lauren's interpreter,
Ramon Norrod.
Please be sure to watch Yvette on "Big Shot" on Disney+,
as well as "Robot --" Not "Robot Chicken"
Animated show "Chicken Squad" on Disney Junior.
And please make sure to see Lauren in "The Eternals,"
coming in November 5th.
Don't forget to go to AMCPlus.com
to watch next week's episode of "The Walking Dead"
and season 2 premiere of "World Beyond" right now.
Next week, "Walking Dead" will be followed by "World Beyond."
and then "Talking Dead" will be here.
We're gonna talk about both shows.
Joshua Hamilton, Lance Hornsby,
and Alexa Mansour, who's on "World Beyond."
See you next week. Bye-bye. Bye-bye!